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11 Palestinians arrested from West Bank

Date: 2019-11-13 13:08:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8185631

RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested overnight 11 Palestinians and ransacked several houses across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Club. PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces held two Palestinians ....

Palestinian death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza rises to 18

Date: 2019-11-13 12:34:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8185677

GAZA CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) - Two more Palestinians were reportedly killed Wednesday in an Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of Palestinians who were killed since early this morning to eight, and 18 in total since the start of the ....

Arab League welcomes EU court decision on labeling Israeli settlement products

Date: 2019-11-13 12:25:37 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8185836

CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Arab League on Wednesday welcomed the European Union's top court decision that EU countries must identify products made in Israeli settlements on their labels. In statements to reporters on Wednesday, Arab League ....

Iran's Fordow nuclear plant ready for 20% enrichment: Director

Date: 2019-11-13 11:31:22 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8185758

TEHRAN, Nov 13 (MENA) - Director of Iran's Fordow nuclear facility said the plant is ready for 20% uranium enrichment when the need arises, adding that the enrichment machines are active and some more will come on stream in the near future, Mehr ....

SDF commander: Turkey encourages environment for Daesh resurgence

Date: 2019-11-13 10:28:43 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8185625

DAMASCUS, Nov 13 (MENA) - Another Daesh terrorist attack in a Western city is "expected" because of the West's inaction and indifference in the Middle East region, the top Kurdish commander in Syria has warned. General Mazloum Kobane, commander of ....

Israel seizes more Palestinian lands in Bethlehem

Date: 2019-11-13 09:47:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8185518

RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - Israeli authorities Wednesday issued military orders to seize more Palestinian lands for military purposes in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, said a local settlement watchdog. Hasan Brijiyeh, a local ....

Four Palestinians killed in new Israeli raids on Gaza

Date: 2019-11-13 09:42:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8185553

GِAZA, Nov 13 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were killed in new Israeli raids and missile strikes on Gaza on Wednesday morning, raising the death toll so far to 16 since Tuesday morning, Wafa News Agency reported. Medics confirmed that three ....

Palestinian killed in Israeli shelling on Gaza

Date: 2019-11-13 09:13:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8185386

GAZA CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) - A Palestinian was killed on Wednesday and others injured as Israel renewed its shelling of Palestinian houses and agricultural lands in the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said Alaa Ishtewi, 32, was killed when Israeli ....

Israeli occupation forces demolish house in Tubas governorate in WB

Date: 2019-11-13 08:54:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8185361

RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday demolished a house under construction in Tubas governorate in northern the West Bank under a pretext of being unlicensed. A Palestinian official in charge of settlement file in Al ....

Palestinian Jihad field commander killed in Israeli shelling in Gaza

Date: 2019-11-13 08:46:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8185377

GAZA CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) - A field commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement was killed in an Israeli raid on Wednesday. Al Quds Brigades, the movement's military wing, said in a statement that 38-year-old Khaled Ma'awad Farrag was ....